Sweden needs to beef up its border security to stop passport fraud, a government inquiry argued Monday as the country grapples with unprecedented levels of immigration. The inquiry proposed fingerprint scans for all nationalities entering Sweden from outside the passport-free Schengen Area in a move that pre-empts the European Union, which has yet to make such screenings mandatory. "I think that ...

Sweden's left-wing government said Tuesday it wants to scrap the country's budget-surplus target, aiming to axe a policy that critics consider outdated. After Sweden earned a reputation of solid fiscal management, the ruling coalition said it was time to reconsider the surplus target. "The idea was never that the public sector should run a budget surplus for eternity," Prime Minister Stefan ...

The Sweden country-specific exchange traded fund could be picking up speed as the Swedish economy is growing faster than previously expected. The iShares MSCI Sweden ETF (NYSEArca: EWD) was up 1.2% Friday ...

The mobile technology race is on with Swedish telecom giant Ericsson set to team up with academics and industry partners to have 5G broadband solutions ready for Sweden by 2020 as the EU pushes for greater connectivity across the continent.

Sweden and Finland plan to extend their cooperation on defense and set up a joint naval task force as the two neighbors respond to rising tensions with Russia in the Baltic region. Sweden and Finland have both have been alarmed by increased Russian military activity in the Baltic Sea and by Moscow's actions in Ukraine. Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said closer future cooperation would ...